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June 2016

All right, Attorney General Fox, your reputation depends on what you do now.

You could say that’s impossible — a previously distinguished career in public service can’t be defined by a single arbitrary decision about relocating 35 jobs.

But political careers have been made and lost on a lot less.

Here are the facts: Bureaucrats in the Department of Justice (which you, not the governor, control under a vagary of the Montana Constitution) made a decision to close the Title and Registration Bureau office in Deer Lodge.

A Livingston dog found itself down in the dumps early this month — quite literally.

A terrier ended up in a landfill near Great Falls after slipping into the bottom of a semitrailer hauling garbage from the Livingston Transfer Station. The dog survived routine garbage compaction and the odorous, 180-mile journey to the landfill totally unscathed. He was returned home after being discovered by the semitrailer’s driver.

A Livingston resident has been arrested after allegedly making threats against staff of Bozeman and Billings Veterans Affairs clinics.

Frederick Potter, 34, was transported to the Park County Detention Center Wednesday afternoon after Livingston Police Department received two complaints about threats made at the Montana VA clinics, as well as various individuals on Facebook.

A Livingston resident received “Tanks for Thanks” Cenex gift card for her service with the community.

The program, sponsored by Cenex, rewarded Anna Patterson for many years volunteering in the area. She has worked with RSVP and the senior companion program, and contributed to knitting 150 hats, mittens and scarves for area children. She also helped knit 10 baby sweaters.

In the Tanks for Thanks program, people are nominated all over the U.S. for their community service efforts. One hundred people are awarded a $50 Cenex gift card each month.

Three students from Park County graduated from Montana Youth Challenge in Dillon.

Steven Danman and Zachary Krieger, both from Livingston, as well as Joel Hildreth, of Emigrant, completed the program.

Montana Youth Challenge, located at the University of Montana-Western conference is an academic-based program for students between the ages of 16 and 18 years old. The 22-week program incorporates leadership, physical fitness, job skills and health.

Montana Tech student Macy K. Ricketts, of Livingston, is on the school’s dean’s list and the honor roll for the spring semester.

Those earning a 3.5 GPA are recognized on the dean’s list. A full-time undergraduate student — enrolling in and completing a minimum of 12 credits — who earns a 3.25 GPA during the semester is listed on the semester honor roll.

Yellowstone National Park is looking for photographers to participate in the Yellowstone Centennial Photo Festival.
The park is looking for the National Park Service photos people have taken over the past 100 years to celebrate the Park Service Centennial, according to an NPS news release.
During the festival, photographers will present their digital images to festival attendees by narrating their presentations.